:: Structure of Final Year BA SPECIAL ENGLISH under CBCS Semester Paper Title Semester VI *Any one Paper from A,B, and C VII A: A Study of the English Language B: A Study of Literary Criticism C: Major Genres of English Literature Cluster Electives VIII A1: American Literature -1 A2: American Literature -2 Semester VI ** Any one Group from A, B, and C VIII A3: American Literature -3 B1: Indian Writing in English/ Translation - 1 B2: Indian Writing in English/ Translation 2 B3: Indian Writing in English/ Translation - 3 VIII C1: Commonwealth Literature- 1 C2: Commonwealth Literature- 2 C3: Commonwealth Literature- 3 Note: Student Activities like Practice, Analysis, Reviews, Seminars, Assignments, Group Discussions, Case studies, Fieldwork, Surveys, Study Projects, Models and Watching videos are Part of Curriculum in all papers. The teacher shall identify appropriate activities for each unit and assign them to the students for improving domain skills. *Candidate has to choose only one paper ** Candidates are advised to choose Cluster (A) if they have chosen VII (A) and Choose Cluster (B) if they have chosen VII(B) etc. However, it is only suggestive
III Year, Semester VI, ElectivePaper: VII (A) A Study of the English Language Unit Topic Marks 1 Indo-European Family of Languages, Grimm s Law, Verner s Law and the First Sound Shift 3/5 paras : 15 2 Old English, Middle English and Modern English 2/4 essays : 20 3 Various Influences on the English Language 2/4 essays : 20 4 Change of Meaning and Word - Formation 1/3 essay: 10 5 Role of Grammar in Language Development 1/3 essay: 10 References: A.C.Baugh: A Study of the English Language 7
III Year, Semester VI, ElectivePaper: VII (B) A Study of Literary Criticism Unit Topic Marks 1 Aristotle: Poetics 1/3 Essay for 15 2 Sir Philip Sidney : Apologie for Poetrie 1/3 Essay for 15 3 John Dryden: An Essay of Dramatic Poesie 1/3 Essay for 15 4 William Wordsworth: Preface to Lyrical Ballads 1/3 Essay for 15 5 T.S.Eliot: Tradition and Individual Talent 1/3 Essay for 15 8
III Year, Semester VI, Elective Paper: VII (C) Major Genres of English Literature Unit Topic Marks 1 Elements of Drama 1/3 Essay for 15 2 Elements of Poetry 1/3 Essay for 15 3 Elements of Fiction- Novel 1/3 Essay for 15 4 Elements of Prose 1/3 Essay for 15 5 Elements of Fiction Short Story 1/3 Essay for 15 References 1. W.H.Hudson: An Introduction to the Study of Literature 2. Marjorie Boulton: The Anatomy of the Novel 3. M.H.Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms 4. E.M.Forster: Aspects of the Novel 9
III Year, Semester VI: Paper VIII Cluster Elective VIII-A-1 American Literature-1 1 History of English English Literature from America and 20 (2 Essays) Literature the Commonwealth 2 Literary Forms and Terms Biographical criticism, historical criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, 15 (3paragraph questions) sociological criticism, Marxist criticism, feminist criticism, archetypal criticism, postcolonial criticism 3 Poetry T.S.Eliot: The Love Song of J.AlfredPrufrock 10 (1 essay) 4 Fiction Stephen Crane: The Red Badge of Courage 5 Drama Tennessee Williams: A Street Car Named Desire Internals : 25 20 (2 Essays) 10 (1 essay) Total :100 10
III Year, Semester VI:Paper VIII Cluster Elective VIII-A-2 American Literature-2 1 Poetry Robert Frost: Road not Taken Langston Hughes: I,too 15 (3paragraph questions) 2 Drama Arthur Miller :The Death of a Salesman 3 Prose -1 Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 4 Prose 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Great Carbuncle 5 Short Story Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell Tale Heart Internals : 25 20 (2 Essays) 20 (2 Essays) 10 (1 essay) 10 (1 essay) Total :100 11
III Year, Semester VI: Cluster Elective Paper-VIII-A-3 American Literature-3 1 Poetry Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest 3 paras : 15 Walt Whitman: O Captain! My Captain! 2 Drama Eugene O Neill: Long day s Journey 2 essays : 20 into Night 3 Prose 1 Earnest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea 2 essays : 20 4 Prose 2 Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream 1 essay: 10 5 Short Story O Henry: After Twenty Years 1 essay: 10 Reference Books: 1. Baym, Nina, ed. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. Print. 2. Skipp, Francis E. American Literature, Barron's Educational, 1992. 3. Gray, Richard. A History of American Literature. Blackwell, 2004. 12
III Year, Semester VI, Cluster Elective Paper-VIII-B-1 Indian Writing in English / Translation-1 1 Poetry Henry Derozio: The Harp of India Naidu: In the Bazaars of Hyderabad A.K. Ramanujan: A River 15 (3paragraph questions) 2 Drama Mahesh Dattani: Dance Like a Man 20 (2 Essays) 3 Prose -1 R.K.Narayan: The Guide 20 (2 Essays) 4 Prose 2 MunshiPremchand: The Child 10 (1 essay) 5 Short Story Sudha Murthy: How I taught My Grandmother to Read 10 (1 essay) Internals : 25 Total :100 13
III Year, Semester VI, Cluster Elective Paper-VIII-B-2 Indian Writing in English / Translation-2 1 Poetry Kamala Das: An Introduction Kolatkar : An Old Woman Chitre: Felling of the Banyan Tree 3 para Qs : 15 2 Drama Vijay Tendulkar: Kanyadan 2 essays : 20 3 Prose 1 Mulk Raj Anand: The Untouchable 2 essays : 20 4 Prose 2 VandanaShiva:Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest 1 essay: 10 5 Short Story Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Mrs. Datta Writes a Letter 1 essay: 10 Reference Books: 1. K.R.S.Iyengar: Indian Writing in English 2. C.D.Narasimhaiah :The Swan and the Eagle 3. Lakshmi Chandra: Lights On (Vols I and II) 14
III Year, Semester VI, Cluster Elective Paper-VIII-B-3 Indian Writing in English / Translation3 1 Poetry Toru Dutt: Our Casuarina Tree Nissim Ezekiel: The Professor Keki. N.Daruwallah: Fish 3 para Qs : 15 2 Drama Rabindranath Tagore: The Post Office 2 essays : 20 3 Novel 1 Raja Rao: Kanthapura 2 essays : 20 4 Novel 2 R.K.Narayan: The Vendor of Sweets 2 essays: 20 References: 1. K.R.S Iyengar: Indian Writing in English, 1985. 2. C.D.Narasimhaiah: The Swan and the Eagle, 1969. 3. William Walsh: Indian Literature in English, 1990. 15
III Year, Semester VI, Cluster Elective Paper-VIII-C-1 Commonwealth Literature -1 1 Poetry A.D.Hope: Australia, The Death of the Bird 3 para Qs : 15 2 Drama Ray Lawler : Summer of the Seventeenth Doll 2 essays : 20 3 Novel 1 Chinua Achebe: Arrow of God 2 essays : 20 4 Novel 2 Alan Paton: Cry the Beloved Country 2 essays: 20 16
III Year, Semester VI, Cluster Elective Paper-VIII-C-2 Commonwealth Literature -2 1 Poetry Chinua Achebe: Refugee Mother and Child Christopher Okigbo: Watermaid 3 para Qs : 15 2 Drama Athol Fugard: Hello and Goodbye 2 essays : 20 3 Novel 1 V.S.Naipaul: A House for Mr. Biswas 2 essays : 20 4 Novel 2 Nadine Gordimer: July s People 2 essays: 20 17
III Year, Semester VI, Cluster Elective Paper-VIII-C-3 Commonwealth Literature -3 I Poetry Margaret Atwood: In the Secular Night Rosemary Sullivan: The Fugitive Heart 3 para Qs : 15 II Drama Wole Soyinka: The Dance of 2 essays : 20 Forests III Novel 1 ZakesMda: Rachel s Blue 2 essays : 20 2 essays: 20 IV Novel 2 BuchiEmecheta: A Kind of Marriage Internals: 25 Total: 100 References: 1. Leela Gandhi: The Post Colonial Theory (1998) 2. Bill Ashcroft (Ed): The Empire Writes Back(London: Routledge.1989) 3. C.D.Narasimhaiah: Awakened Conscience(1978) 18